National Dreams
Subtitle: The Remaking Of Fairy Tales In Nineteenth-century England
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: December 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780812219067
Subjects: Children's literature studies: general; Folklore; c 1800 to c 1900; Social Science; Sociology; England; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Europe - Great Britain - General; Folklore & Mythology
First sentence: A large readership still exists for what were once known as "popular and traditionary tales"-what we might today call fairy tales, folk-tales, wonder tales, or Marchen.